Constitutional Study Guide by LaMark https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide Made with mirth en-us 2018-02-06 00:54:31 UTC 2025-11-15 15:01:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Three Branches of Government llsmoov22 https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide/wish/228405484 Legislative branch. Declares war. regulates interstate and foreign commerce. controls taxing and spending policies. makes laws, approves presidential appointments

Executive branch .enforcing laws of the land, sign laws, vetoes laws, pardons people, appoints federal judges.

Judicial branch. declare executive acts unconstitutional, interpret the law, decide if laws are constitutional, overturn rulings by other judges.]]> 2018-02-06 01:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide/wish/228405484 Checks and Balances llsmoov22 https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide/wish/228406434 1. Executive branch has the power to check the legislative branch by vetoing laws that Congress wants to pass
2. Legislative branch may check the executive branch 
by passing laws over the veto by two-thirds vote in each house. 
3. Judicial branch may check both the legislative and executive by declaring laws unconstitutional. 
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  • Amendment 2 - The Right to Bear Arms. The right to keep and bear arms is the people's right to possess weapons for their own defense
    • Amendment 4 - Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

    Article five of the United States Constitution
    ]]>     2018-02-06 01:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide/wish/228407568     Constitutional Reform llsmoov22 https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide/wish/228411472 limit federal spending policies. Limit the policies by adding a balanced budget provision to the Constitution or, in a more recent proposal, requiring approval by state legislatures to increase the national debt ceiling ]]> 2018-02-06 01:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/llsmoov22/constitutionalstudyguide/wish/228411472